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101 Sports Nutrition Tips is an excellent resource that helps athletes determine what, when, and how much to eat to optimize performance. With years of experience as a three-sport athlete and instructor, author Susan Kundrat combines knowledge and practical experience into this valuable collections of tips. Twelve chapters cover topics...

Views healthy weight loss as an ongoing, sustainable process rather than a short-lived event. Explains how to make healthy choices and offers eight motivational modules designed to help anyone achieve positive weight-loss results on the way to a more healthy lifestyle. Includes the basics of the Eat for Success program,...

Thorough step-by-step program building. Covers skill assessment, inventory, ideas and goals, safety and risk management, course planning and timing, customer service, instructor flexibility and much more. 1999, 52 min.

The most effective and efficient method for adding muscle and gaining strength, period. Noted strength researcher and author Wayne Westcott and physical therapy assistant Tracy D'Arpino offer up a concise and easy-to-accomplish method of building strength and muscle fastNin as little as half an hour per session. This fascinating book...

Strength and conditioning specialist Joe Kenn draws upon the three strength disciplines; weightlifting, powerlifting, and body building, as well as training principles of traditional periodization and high-intensity training, to define the Tier System of athletic-based strength training. The tier system promotes training athletes on a rotation of movements (total body,...

101 Sports Medicine Tips and Facts: Vol. 1NUnderstanding the Basics is designed to be an informative resource that can help both new and experienced coaches be better prepared to understand and deal with the various sports medicine-related problems that can affect their athletes. Authors Barry Boden, MD, Francis O'Connor, MD,...

Provides all the tools you need to develop balanced and fun workouts for participants of all levels, including tips on creating smooth transitions within a class, modifications for intensity and equipment type, and sample classes illustrating creative programming options. Thoroughly addresses group strength training techniques (chest, back, shoulders, rotator-cuff, triceps,...

Fitness industry expert Thomas Plummer presents this indispensable resource on the art of selling effectively in the fitness business. The book offers a comprehensive and detailed (yet easy-to-use and apply) examination of the process of selling. Plummer explores such topics as how and why people buy, what is expected of...

Exercise for Older Adults: ACE's Guide for Fitness Professionals (Second Edition) offers a timely update of this go-to resource for the fitness industry. Original authors have added new information to their chapters, and four new contributors lend their expertise to the book. Each chapter provides comprehensive guidelines for fitness professionals...

Fitness Professional's Guide to Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Human Movement is a revolution in the field of human movement. Comprehensive and meticulous, this groundbreaking text is ideal for college courses and a must for any fitness professional. For each muscle in the body, the book includes a detailed illustration that uses...

The most current information available on the benefits and risks of pre- and immediate post-natal fitness. Covers the ACOG guidelines, physiological changes associated with pregnancy, fetal risks, how to minimize the most common conditions and discomforts, specific exercise recommendations (including intensity, duration, frequency, etc.), group exercise modes (aerobics, step training,...

Features 88 easy-to-read and understand principles that will guide personal trainers (and anyone in a service-oriented industry) towards success by one of the industry's most respected and sought-after experts. 2001, 100 pages.

Precise, yet easy-to-understand strength training guidelines and suggested programs for specific populations, including: Sedentary, time-pressured, overweight, seniors, youth, cardiac rehab patients, wheelchair users, and more. 2001, 175 pages

Provides participants and exercise leaders with practical ideas and fun-based games that are designed to enhance the various components of fitness. Includes over 120 individual and partner stationary activities, individual and partner continuous movement activities, group activities, recreational games, and relays. By Barry Franklin, Neil Oldridge, Karl Stoedefalke, and William...

A great introduction to health for beginners. Provides readers with the information they need to make health-conscious decisions about every aspect of their lives. Contains easy-to-understand chapters on such important topics as: Establishing fitness goals, understanding risk factors, developing cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, sensible weight loss, choosing the right exercises,...

In 101 Sports Medicine Tips and Facts: Vol. 2NManaging Common Athletic Injuries, authors Barry Boden, MD, Francis O'Connor, MD, and Robert Wilder, MD present targeted, up-to-date information on the most common injuries experienced by athletes, including: Foot and ankle injuries, knee injuries, leg injuries, spine injuries, hand and wrist injuries,...

In 101 Sports Medicine Tips and Facts: Vol. 3NYouth Sports, authors Barry Boden, MD, Francis O'Connor, MD, and Robert Wilder, MD present targeted, up-to-date and easy-to-apply information on a wide array of youth sports issues. Topics covered include the most common injuries encountered in youth baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey,...

A Practical Guide to Developing Resistance-Training Programs is designed to help strength/conditioning and fitness professionals develop specific resistance training programs to enhance health and/or athletic performance. Covers basic muscle physiology, resistance-training principles and concepts, responses and adaptations to resistance training, types of resistance training, program design, periodization, strength testing and...

Clinical Exercise Specialist Manual prepares fitness professionals to work with clients having a variety of diseases and chronic conditions from the most common (such as asthma, hypertension and obesity) to lesser seen disorders (including COPD, AIDS and intellectual disabilities). Chapters cover cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, immunological/hematological disorders, neurological disorders, exercise...

In the world of fitness fad and fashion, the dumbbell remains a simple, low-tech and inexpensive piece of exercise equipment that can produce great results, in a very short length of time. Dumbbell Fitness offers an effective and efficient means for improving muscle strength and increasing muscle size. Dumbbells offer...

A must-have for fitness professionals. Includes detailed information about aerobic testing and training (pre-exercise screening, field tests, exercise prescription and more), musculoskeletal testing and training (measurement, development and more) and special exercise considerations and populations (hypertension, asthma, women's issues, aging, and much more). 2002, 240 pages

Amazingly thorough yet easy-to-read information on exercise, eating, stress reduction and lifestyle changes that will help lower the risk of heart disease and reverse many of the signs and symptoms. 2001, 265 Pages

A brutally honest, real-world look at how to become successful in the fitness industry, told by one of the most renowned veterans of the business. Thomas Plummer explains the ins and outs of the business in detail, using real-life examples, providing illustrations, and adding just a touch of humor. Plummer...

The best way to set your facility apart is by achieving the MFA Facility Certification. With a focus on medically sound prevention and rehabilitation programs, medical fitness centers play an essential role in the health and wellness of those individuals that they serve. The MFA Facility Certification process is an...

Provides the most complete medicine ball training guide for youth, adults, and seniors ever written. Begins with the basics of medicine ball training and continues through advanced program design considerations, including every step necessary to develop a successful conditioning program using medicine balls for individuals of all ages and fitness...